Your budget and your needs are the key elements in selecting your carpet. There is a wide range of choices in most price ranges to make your selection. Buy the best quality of carpet you can afford for the heavy traffic areas of your home. A medium grade will provide fine service in rooms with less traffic. The cost of the carpet is based on many factors: texture, fiber content, design, and amount. The total job price will include carpet, quality cushion, and professional installation. A high quality, professional installation can extend the life of your investment. Textures
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Cut pile: Cut and loop: Level loop: Multi-level loop: Fiber Content
Loops are cut, leaving individual yard tufts - today's most popular carpet. It's durability depends on the type of fiber, density of tufts, and the amount of twist in the yarn.
This is a combination of cut and looped yarns. This can provide a variety of surface textures at random, or create a repeating pattern in a many different designs. Depending on the pattern, this can be a formal or casual look. The pile height in the cut and loop will determine the wear ability of the carpet.
The loops are the same height. This carpet will generally last a long time in high traffic areas. Many of today's level loop carpets are made of a synthetic fiber and are designed to look and feel like wool. This style can be transformed from casual to elegant.
This will have two to several level loops to create a random or pattern effect. The multi-level loop carpet is good wearing for your high traffic areas and tends to look a little less formal. Often you will find a multi-level loop carpets with a fleck of another color or neutral, which is a good camouflage against soiling.
Your carpet's fiber is the basic ingredient. The type of fiber used will have the biggest impact on how your carpet will wear. Approximately 95% of all carpet sold in the United States is produced using synthetic fibers that are designed to feature style, easy maintenance, and outstanding value.
Nylon: Olefin (Polypropylene): Polyester: Acrylic: Wool: Carpet: The 5th wall of your room!
Nylon is the most popular, best wearing, and represents more than two-thirds of the fibers used in the US. Wear-resistant and resilient, it withstands the weight and movement of your furniture, as well as has brilliant color. Nylon has the ability to conceal and resist soiling and stains. Nylon is your all-around best choice in carpet fiber.
Olefin is very colorfast and is easily cleaned, however is soils rather quickly. It is resistant to moisture and mildew, making it an excellent choice for outdoor use. Due to it's poor resiliency, olefin carpets tend to "ugly" quickly.
Polyester is noted for it's nice, soft, luxurious feel when used in thick, plush carpet. However, it will pill and fuzz. Due to it's low melting point, the abrasion from normal wear will show quickly in traffic areas.
This is an inexpensive alternative to wool. The fiber has poor resiliency and will not withstand heavy traffic.
The most expensive and luxurious carpet, wool has a warm and cozy feel. High-quality wool will hold up in high traffic areas. Wool is a very absorbent fiber and will not be as stain resistant as the synthetic fibers. Expect good wool to be triple the price of a high-quality nylon.
Floors are becoming more of a focal point in interior design. Carpet can provide a great expanse of color and visual interest. Today's styles take full advantage of the design opportunities that carpet offers.
Textured carpet offers exciting alternatives in decorating. Tightly twisted yarns, multi-level loops, and sculpted piles create a wide variety of textured designs. Combined with your soft or textured fabrics, carpet can add soothing comfort to your home.
Patterned carpets continue to flourish in today's home décor. Diversity in home design patterns, from the carpet and wall coverings to the furniture and window coverings, create one of the most popular trends. Floral and geometric patterns are often coordinated in single rooms to create interest. Monochromatic patterned carpets are especially popular and provide a soft contrast to other colors in the room.
Color selection: Your carpet color is a very personal choice. Carpet comes in almost every color imaginable. Select a color that unites your decorative elements and creates the atmosphere you desire. Neutral carpet can make a room look spacious, whereas darker colors can provide coziness. For a bolder statement, look for a common color in your furniture and draperies and choose a carpet with a similar hue.
Warm colors can heat up a room that lacks light. Cool greens and blues have a calming effect. Aesthetics are not the only consideration in color selection. Practical considerations are also very important. Medium and darker colors, tweed, and textures help to disguise common soiling in your home.
For the more daring, sun straw yellow, weathered terra cotta, camel, sage, moss, khaki, pomegranate red, amber, denim blue and taupe are an excellent back drop for your furnishings.
Colors directed by nature, including forests, stones, marble, and water are also very popular.
Stark and off-white are being replaced by yellow and beige tones, which are easily coordinated with warm color palettes. Measurements of your home
Your carpet is the foundation of your room's décor. Whether neutral in color, blending in with your fabrics and other surfaces, or being a vibrant focal point of the room, make a statement that reflects your style and décor.
You will purchase carpet by the square yard or square foot. An easy way to approximate the amount needed for your home is to multiply the length of the room by the width. This number is your square footage. Divide this number by 9 for square yardage. It is a good idea to add 10% for room irregularities and pattern match.
Length x Width ÷ 9 = Square Yardage + 10%
Koeber's requires physical measurements to be taken before an exact quote is given and your carpet is ordered. This will allow us to go over seam placement and answer any questions you may have regarding installation. See Installations.